8 Critical Mistakes The DC Film Universe Has Made

Director trouble in the DCEU stretches back as far as April 2015, when Game Of Thrones veteran Michelle McLaren departed Wonder Woman. It's not uncommon for directors to leave projects, but it is uncommon to have so much disruption in a single franchise - and this is something that's hindering the DCEU.

And it all came to a head in 2016 - we had not one, but two directors leave the same film within a matter of months, and heard rumblings of studio Warner Bros. apparently being unsatisfied with the way helmers Zack Snyder and David Ayer were handling their respective 2016 films.

Seth Grahame-Smith left The Flash, citing creative differences. Rick Famuyiwa joined, then left shortly after - also creative differences. Michelle McLaren jumped off Wonder Woman for the same reason, and Snyder/Ayer reportedly clashed with Warner Bros. over the direction that Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad should take, with the latter film even receiving numerous behind-the-scenes cuts.

That "creative differences" excuse is so overused and so vague that it's almost certainly a cover-up at this point, but if that genuinely is the problem, shouldn't these major creative differences - ones big enough to cause somebody to jump ship - be ironed out before the director even signs the dotted line? Is it just incompetence on the part of the studio?

Regardless of what is actually going on here, directors are hired to do a job - so let them do it. Warner Bros. didn't fully trust Ayer with Suicide Squad, so attempted to 'save' that film by injecting it with a Guardians-esque tone, complete with soundtrack, at the last minute - and it didn't work out.

Here's hoping The Flash doesn't follow suit...